Photo: Bull-Doser at English Wikipedia · Public domainRosemère has higher household incomes than 96% of Canadian towns
On census day, 30% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. At the 2021 census, 80% of Rosemère’s 15-to-64s were in work, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Rosemère had an unemployment rate of 6.5% at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Rosemère, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 80% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 61%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.9% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 6.5%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
At $119,500 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
With 4,750 jobs based in Rosemère and 4,155 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 31.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 10% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Rosemère grades B+ for jobs and income
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #155 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
How many in Rosemère were working in 2021
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Thérèse-De Blainville census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 62% in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 65% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 61% were working. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
Rosemère households: $119,500 a year at the median
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Rosemère is 61% above it. One of the 6 other places of 2,500+ in the Thérèse-De Blainville census division has a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On a working day Rosemère gains 10% in workers
15% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
At 31.2 minutes, commutes from Rosemère are longer than in the middle of Canadian towns
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. An hour or more: 10% of commuters, above the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 28.4 minutes (Statistics Canada).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
4,127 people come into Rosemère to work, most from Laval and Blainville
- Laval755
- Blainville655
- Sainte-Thérèse410
- Terrebonne270
- Boisbriand255
- Mirabel240
- Lorraine210
- Montréal205
- Saint-Eustache175
- Saint-Jérôme150
- Montréal1,135
- Laval930
- Sainte-Thérèse255
- Blainville175
- Boisbriand165
- Mirabel145
- Terrebonne120
- Saint-Jérôme105
- Saint-Eustache100
- Dorval80
87% of the people who work in Rosemère live outside it, 755 of them in Laval, 9 km away. Going the other way, Montréal is the biggest single destination (1,135).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
10% of commuters from Rosemère go without a car
By transit: 6.8% of commuters, well above the 1.5% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. 88% drive to work, fewer than the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Thérèse-De Blainville census division run 27% above their 2019 level
That works out to around 2.9 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. In January 2021 it reached 8,850, the most in the series and 4.1 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Thérèse-De Blainville census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Rosemère grades A for walkability
Better than 87% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #180 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Rosemère is 139th of 581 Canadian towns of 9,900 to 19,200 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 4 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | L'Aéroport Quebec | 13,630 | 84% | 5.2% | $90K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 137 | Surrey Centre British Columbia | 16,482 | 77% | 8.3% | $127K | B+ |
| 138 | Saint-Zotique Quebec | 10,445 | 83% | 5% | $87K | B+ |
| 139 | Rosemère Quebec | 14,198 | 80% | 6.5% | $120K | B+ |
| 140 | Convent Glen - Orleans Woods Ontario | 14,118 | 74% | 11% | $110K | B+ |
| 141 | Summerside Alberta | 16,760 | 77% | 9.8% | $128K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 581 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Rosemère, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Rosemère and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemère | 80% | 6.5% | $120K | 31.2 min | B+ | A |
| Lorraine 3.4 km | 79% | 7.5% | $130K | 31.7 min | B+ | B+ |
| Auteuil 3.6 km | 78% | 6.8% | $108K | 32.6 min | B | A |
| Sainte-Thérèse 3.6 km | 80% | 7.8% | $65K | 26.7 min | C+ | A+ |
| Sainte-Rose 4.2 km | 80% | 6.4% | $111K | 29.3 min | A− | A |
| Bois-des-Filion 4.3 km | 82% | 6.3% | $83K | 31.6 min | B− | A− |
| Boisbriand 4.9 km | 78% | 7% | $87K | 27.4 min | B | A− |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Rosemère, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Rosemère
What is the unemployment rate in Rosemère?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montréal metro area at 6.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 6.5%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Rosemère?
At $119,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Rosemère compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Rosemère get to work?
88% of commuters drive, 6.8% take public transit, 2.8% walk and 0.6% cycle; 30% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Rosemère?
The average commute is 31.2 minutes; 21% of trips take under 15 minutes and 10% an hour or more.
Where do people in Rosemère work?
15% work in Rosemère itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Montréal (1,135), then Laval (930).
How many jobs are there in Rosemère?
The 2021 census found about 4,750 people with their usual workplace in Rosemère, or 1.1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 750 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).